by mike silver | May 3, 2010 | Dontrelle Willis, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Rich Harden, Rich Hill
There’s just not a whole lot that can be said after a club gets swept by the worst team in baseball. Maybe “worst team in baseball” is a bit unfair to the Baltimore Orioles, but they earned that title by entering the weekend’s series at 4-18 (.181 winning percentage)....
by mike silver | Apr 26, 2010 | Darnell McDonald, J.D. Drew, Jeremy Hermida, Tim Wakefield, Uncategorized
What Needs to Happen: JD Drew The bad starts just keep piling up… and keep continuing, causing some real problems in the lineup and some real frustration for the millions of Fenway Faithful. J.D. Drew’s poor April just keeps on coming, which has only added to the...
by mike silver | Apr 19, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jon Papelbon
So Goes the Pitching Staff In the midst of a four-game losing streak that has dropped the team to 4-8, Sox fans have begun the multi-annual ritual of name calling and finger pointing as to where blame lies on the club’s current skid. While the hitting has been poor by...
by mike silver | Apr 12, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Jeremy Hermida, Kansas City Royals, Tim Wakefield
R&R in KC After winning the home opener, the Sox looked quite sluggish in their encore performances against the Yanks. What they needed was a little R&R against a weak out-of-division opponent — and the KC Royals came to the rescue. Though the pitching...
by mike silver | Apr 5, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, C.C. Sabathia, cc sabathia, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees
On a night when the Boston marketing department pulled out all the stops, the players on the field managed to match them every step of the way. There was no shortage of excitement in this one. From Neil Diamond’s 8th inning appearance to Pedroia’s two-run...
